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ISIS terrorist smiled after NYC bike path attack, gave ‘proud confession’: feds

The terrorist who allegedly killed eight people by ramming into them with a truck on a lower Manhattan bike path smiled at the thought of his murderous rampage while giving a proud confession to an FBI agent soon after the 2017 attack, a federal prosecutor said at the start of his trial Monday.

Sayfullo Saipov, 34, repeatedly proclaimed his support for ISIS after the attack, including to an FBI agent who is set to testify at his terrorism trial in Manhattan federal court, Assistant US Attorney Alexander Li told jurors in his opening statement.

“He smiled at the memory of his attack and asked for an ISIS flag to hang in his hospital room,” Li said, adding Saipov was eager to speak with the FBI and provide a “proud confession.”

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Ilhan Omar, Adam Schiff, and Eric Swalwell confirmed to lose powerful positions

Several high-profile House Democrats are poised to be removed from their coveted committee assignments as Republicans take control of the lower chamber and usher in a new era of priorities, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) confirmed on Monday.

McCarthy has long vowed to remove some Democrats from their top positions in retaliation for the removal of some Republicans from their committee assignments in the last Congress, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), who was stripped of all her committees in 2021. As part of his plans, the Republican leader has specifically targeted Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Adam Schiff (D-CA), and Eric Swalwell (D-CA).

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inUSA

ISIS Whore Hoda Muthana Claims She’s The Real Victim

ISIS bride, 28, wants to return to US and regrets everything – apart from young son

A woman who fled the United States to join ISIS and marry a fighter has spoken of her desire to return home and help fight extremism.

Hoda Muthana, who ran away from Alabama aged 20, says she regrets everything about joining the terror group bar the infant son she conceived with her soldier husband.

She claims she was brainwashed by online traffickers into joining the group in 2014 and denounced tweets from her account the year after which called for Americans to join ISIS and commit vehicle rammings and other attacks on US holiday celebrations.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

What to expect as Trudeau meets Biden, López Obrador this week

The North American Leaders’ Summit has grown larger and more formal since the original “Three Amigos” get-together then-U.S. president George W. Bush hosted in Texas in 2005.

As President Andrés Manuel López Obrador hosts U.S. President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on home turf in Mexico City this week, the global threats these regional partners must confront have also grown.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted inCanada, Mexico, Mexico - Failed State, USA

GORDON CHANG: China Smiles As America Falls Deeper Into The TikTok Trap

TikTok, the extremely popular video-sharing app, is in the midst of another round of negotiations with the U.S. federal government over data security.

The Biden administration should terminate the seemingly endless discussions and either require TikTok to stop operations in the U.S. or force its Chinese owner to sell the app lock, stock and barrel to American parties. No other solution is acceptable from national security and First Amendment points of view.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", USA

US ‘would suffer heavy losses in Taiwan war but China faces defeat’

Beijing’s navy would be left in a ‘shambles’ with Washington losing over 3,000 troops, according to a think tank simulation

A hypothetical Chinese invasion of Taiwan in 2026 would fail but the United States would lose two aircraft carriers defending it, according to the latest simulation.

China’s navy would be left in a “shambles” while Taiwan and Japan would also suffer major losses, according to a war game played out by a leading think tank in Washington.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies [CSIS] conducted one of the most complex war games yet, called “The First Battle of the Next War”.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", Taiwan, USA

The White House Covid Censorship Machine

Newly released emails show how officials coerce social-media companies to toe the government line.

Newly released documents show that the White House has played a major role in censoring Americans on social media. Email exchanges between Rob Flaherty, the White House’s director of digital media, and social-media executives prove the companies put Covid censorship policies in place in response to relentless, coercive pressure from the White House—not voluntarily. The emails emerged Jan. 6 in the discovery phase of Missouri v. Biden, a free-speech case brought by the attorneys general of Missouri and Louisiana and four private plaintiffs represented by the New Civil Liberties Alliance.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China eats weird animals disease", USA

Is Encouraging Unauthorized Immigration Free Speech or a Felony?

WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court hears arguments this spring on the constitutionality of a curious law that makes it a crime to “encourage” unauthorized immigrants to come to or stay in the United States, the justices may have a sense of déjà vu.

They heard arguments on the same question three years ago, with several of them suggesting that the law, enacted in 1986, violated the First Amendment by turning commonplace statements into felonies.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked about “a grandmother whose granddaughter is in the United States illegally.” Would it be a crime, he wanted to know, if she told her granddaughter that she missed her and encouraged her to stay?

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U.S. accuses suspected NYC bike path killer of seeking to join Islamic State

NEW YORK, Jan 9 (Reuters) – A man accused of using a truck to kill eight people on a Manhattan bike path on Halloween in 2017 is an Islamic State sympathizer who carried out the attack to satisfy the militant group, federal prosecutors said on Monday.

Sayfullo Saipov, 34, left behind “a scene of destruction and horror” when he employed a rental truck as a weapon and mowed down people on Oct. 31, 2017, Assistant U.S. Attorney Alexander Li told a jury during 30 minutes of opening statements.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, USA

Poll: 71% Feel Either ‘Scared‘ or ‘Angry‘ About Direction of Nation

Americans are extremely concerned about the direction of the nation under President Joe Biden in 2023, according to a Sunday CBS News/YouGov poll.

Seventy-one percent of Americans stated they feel either “scared” or “angry” about the direction of the country in 2023. Forty-nine percent said they feel “scared,” while 22 percent said they are “angry.” Only 11 percent said they were “excited” about it in 2023.

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US Farmers win right to repair John Deere equipment

Tractor maker John Deere has agreed to give its US customers the right to fix their own equipment.

Previously, farmers were only allowed to use authorised parts and service facilities rather than cheaper independent repair options.

Deere and Co. is one of the world’s largest makers farming equipment.

Consumer groups have for years been calling on companies to allow their customers to be able to fix everything from smartphones to tractors.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Bad Technology", USA

America: a nation of giants led by pygmies

However dreadful its political class, the US’s fundamentals are overwhelmingly strong.

The United States today stands as a living contradiction to the ‘great man theory of history’. For the US is a great country led by small minds. In recent times, it has been ruled by a narcissistic moral reprobate and it is now being run by a cognitively deficient and scandal-plagued politician. There is a growing feeling, particularly among the young, that today’s America is diminished. Yet the US remains the world’s premier power, and its last best hope against a rising authoritarian tide.

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America’s spy agencies failed to protect us from China’s bio-warfare program

As we settle into the New Year, many of us are watching with trepidation the signs that COVID-19 may be surging again. Hospitalizations have been rising since early November. It is common to once again see folks fully masked up in an elevator, movie theater or a Broadway show. We don’t know if we can get this virus under control, and we must be able to foresee and prevent the emergence of another. This is why it is critical to uncover the origins of COVID-19. And that is where US intelligence agencies have failed and even deceived us.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"China - Communist Slave State", "China eats weird animals disease", USA

Mohammedan facing terrorism charge in arson incident at power plant

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) – The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says a man was arrested in connection with an arson incident at a power facility.

According to Las Vegas police, at approximately 11:37 a.m. on Jan. 4, officers were notified of a “malicious destruction of property incident” that occurred at a power facility in the 10500 block of Highway 93.

Police say that employees advised officers that an unknown subject had broken into the fenced facility and set a vehicle on fire next to a transformer, resulting in damages.

Through the course of the investigation, LVMPD says its Counter Terrorism detectives identified the subject as Mohammed Mesmarian, 34.

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by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Islamophobia", Islam, Islam and violence, Islamization of the West, Terrorism - Domestic, USA