Residents of Sanctuary Cities Protest the Chaos, Crime Illegals Bring

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Residents of Sanctuary Cities Protest the Chaos, Crime Illegals Bring

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Citizens of New York and Chicago, two Democrat-run sanctuary cities, are protesting their leaders’ failures to handle an illegal immigration crisis that has landed in their backyards.

Chicago residents have flooded city meetings with complaints about the city’s policy regarding illegal immigration, according to Breitbart News.

Citizens of Chicago’s Woodlawn community spoke out at a meeting about the crush of illegals.

“I would ask you all to go out there — go out there at night, in the middle of the night — and see what goes on,” one woman said to representatives of the Chicago Police Department during one such meeting.

Another Chicago resident was more clear about what she experienced from the illegals flooding the streets.

“They disrespect us, they rob us, they harass us.”

A man warned Chicago police officers that they had one more chance to deal with the illegal problem.

“Let me say this — they’ve got one more time to deal with it,” he said. “Because otherwise, next time they deal with it, they’re going to deal with it from the streets. We’re going to take over,” the man told police at the meeting.

“Nobody is going to be able to stop us from what we’re going to do to them.”

An alderman of another Chicago neighborhood wrote a letter complaining of the illegals’ drug use, drug dealing, prostitution, loitering, littering and rude behavior.

The illegals situation was equally dire in New York City, where 54 elected Democrats begged Joe Biden to help them with what they described as a crisis of illegal aliens in a letter that was posted to Twitter.

“Our City is experiencing an unprecedented migrant influx, with a surge of asylum seekers arriving here in numbers never seen before in history,” the letter complained.

“While we welcome immigrants to our City, the current unstructured state of immigration policy and response needs to end,” the democrats continued, failing to note that this is the exact condition of Americans living on the Southern border.

“That is why we are pleading for the White House to step in and take leadership over the influx of asylum seekers.”

‘Madness’: Foreign Nationals Given Arrest Powers in Illinois, Non-Citizens Can Be Cops

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‘Madness’: Foreign Nationals Given Arrest Powers in Illinois, Non-Citizens Can Be Cops

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Responding in part to a dwindling number of police officers who have fled the state’s skyrocketing crime rates fueled by Soros-compliant woke prosecutors, non-U.S. citizens in Illinois have been given state arrest powers.

Democrat Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation that will allow foreign nationals to become police officers, slipping its controversial passage into a pile of 130 other bills.

“No sane state would allow foreign nationals to arrest their citizens, this is madness!” tweeted Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., who slammed Pritzker for signing the bill “at 5pm” on a Friday “when no one was paying attention.”

The Illinois Fraternal Order of Police had vigorously opposed the legislation with a warning of its potential dire consequences.

“What message does this legislation send when it allows people who do not have legal status to become the enforcers of our laws?” the group argued when the bill was being debated. “This is a potential crisis of confidence in law enforcement at a time when our officers need all the public confidence they can get.”

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., added her own warning after the bill was signed into law.

“You know the other blue states are watching and getting ready to implement this idea as soon as they can!” Boebert tweeted. “We either address this border crisis or allow our country to descend further into a Leftist dystopia.”

The law, HB3751, declares that foreign nationals who “are legally authorized to work in the United States under federal law is authorized to apply for the position of police officer, subject to all requirements and limitations, other than citizenship, to which other applicants are subject.”

The bill states that any foreign national who “is an individual against whom immigration action has been deferred by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) process” can apply to become a police officer in the state.

Illinois Republican state Sen. state Sen. Chapin Rose, lambasted the legislation before its passage.

“To hand the power to arrest and detain a citizen of this state, or a citizen of any state in the United States, to a noncitizen is a fundamental breach of democracy,” Rose said. “It is antithetical to the police power of any state.”

Trump Calls for McConnell to Step Down as Senate GOP Leader

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Trump Calls for McConnell to Step Down as Senate GOP Leader

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Less than 48 hours after declaring that he would back primary challenges of any House Republican who didn’t support impeaching Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump called for Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., to step down from his position as Senate minority leader.

“We have to have that,” Trump said when asked by Breitbart News if Senate Republicans need a new leader. “No, we have to have that.”

Trump’s comments followed a McConnell health scare last week, when the lawmaker appeared to suffer a stroke during a press conference, and on the heels of previous McConnell health issues.

In tandem with concerns about McConnell’s physical and cognitive abilities, Trump also ripped the direction of Senate Republicans under McConnell’s leadership.

“I thought it was sad,” Trump said about McConnell’s recent health scare. “At the same time, I think it’s a shame he went so far out to give Green New Deal money to Biden and Democrats.”

McConnell has drawn widespread criticism for enabling the Biden administration to wildly inflate federal spending to advance its radical agendas, without serious GOP Senate opposition.

“He got 10 people to vote because they needed 10 people, and he got 10 people to vote on numerous occasions for trillions of dollars. I think that’s a shame. But that was too bad,” Trump said of the minority leader’s role in passing the Biden spending plan.

Notable Senate Republicans have balked at addressing McConnell’s health issues and whether it’s time to consider a new minority leader.

“I think that that’s speculation that’s not necessary right now,” waffled Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo., while Sen. Minority Whip John Thune, R-S.D., sidestepped the issue.

“That was a sad thing to see. He had a bad fall, I guess, and probably an after-effect of that,” Trump said of McConnell during the Breitbart interview.

“But it was also sad that he gave trillions and trillions and trillions of dollars to the Democrats to waste on the Green New Deal, destroying our oceans and destroying our great, beautiful vistas and plains all over our country with windmills that are very expensive energy,” Trump said. “So that’s a very sad thing also.”

‘I’ll Jump Off That Bridge’: Barr Throws Tantrum over Trump’s Lead

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‘I’ll Jump Off That Bridge’: Barr Throws Tantrum over Trump’s Lead

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Former Attorney General Bill Barr has expressed his opposition to Donald Trump’s prominent presidential campaign, leading to criticism from many who consider his remarks as hysterical against the former Republican president.

NBC News asked about Barr’s voting preferences if Trump and Biden were the nominees for the Republican and Democrat tickets in 2024.

Barr responded to NBC News by saying, “I have made clear that I strongly oppose Trump for the nomination and will not endorse him. I’ll jump off that bridge when I get to it.”

Barr’s detractors took to Twitter to ridicule his distaste for Trump. Collin Rugg, co-owner of Trending Politics, shared the news with a tweet questioning Barr’s protection of the Biden family.

Popular author and Fox News host Mark Levin chimed in, simply saying, “This says it all.”

Podcast host James David Dickson mocked Barr’s dramatic stance, stating, “Our Most Serious People are constantly putting clown noses on their own faces; the esteemed Bill Barr is as dramatic as a teenager.”

Barr’s relationship with Trump has been tumultuous, marked by frequent clashes during Trump’s tenure. Trump even publicly referred to Barr as a “gutless pig” during one heated exchange.

Despite the animosity, Barr remains firm in his stance against supporting Trump for the nomination.

NBC News contacted 44 former Trump cabinet members to inquire about their support for Trump’s bid in the 2024 presidency.

Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, along with four other former officials, confirmed their support for him.

Trump continues to lead the polls and has embarked on a campaign trail to promote his 2024 agenda. Recently, he vowed to carry out the largest deportation operation in the nation’s history.

Trump Says Mar-a-Lago Security Tapes Were NOT Deleted, Accuses DOJ of ‘Prosecutorial Fiction’

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Trump Says Mar-a-Lago Security Tapes Were NOT Deleted, Accuses DOJ of ‘Prosecutorial Fiction’

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) In a bombshell statement, Donald Trump accused the Biden Justice Department’s special counsel Jack Smith of prosecutorial misconduct for pushing false charges that the former president had deleted security tapes related to the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.

Smith last week issued three superseding indictments to the 37-counts already being pursued, adding one additional Espionage Act charge, stemming from Trump’s alleged willful retention of national defense information, and two additional counts of obstruction for allegedly attempting to delete surveillance footage at Mar-a-Lago.

Trump at the time blasted the move as blatant election interference, and in a series of Truth Social posts on Sunday said that the MAL security tapes had not been deleted. Trump torched Smith for dishing illegal and bogus leaks to a regime-friendly mainstream media.

“The Crooked Election Interference ‘Thugs’ from the DOJ, headed by the worst Thug of them all, Deranged Jack Smith, are now admitting that the Mar-a-Lago Security Tapes were NOT DELETED. That’s not what they were illegally leaking to the press,” Trump wrote.

“These guys should be prosecuted for MISCONDUCT. Also, whatever happened to Crooked Joe’s Documents? Where are the ones he sent and stored in Chinatown? Is Deranged Jack going to Indict him for this and, at the same time, receiving BRIBES FROM CHINA?”

Trump’s bombshell claim about the allegedly deleted tapes added critical context to previous reporting from Julie Kelly, who raised questions about the additional obstruction charge when the superseding indictment was filed.

Kelly noted that the DOJ had already admitted it has nine months of security footage from inside Mar-a-Lago, adding that Trump defense attorneys had told a judge that the “total footage equates to three years of video because of multiple cameras.”

Trump on Sunday emphatically stated that no security footage had been deleted.

“Same as the Russia, Russia, Russia HOAX,” he wrote. “They knowingly accuse you of a fake crime, a crime that they actually make up, you fight these false charges hard, and they try and get you on ‘obstruction.’ We are dealing with sick and evil people!”

Watch: House Intel Chief Raises Alarm Over Biden-China Business Ties

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Watch: House Intel Chief Raises Alarm Over Biden-China Business Ties

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) In a recent interview on the Sunday Morning Futures show with host Maria Bartiromo, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner, R-Ohio, expressed concerns about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter’s alleged business ties to China and their potential implications for U.S. national security.

When asked about America’s vulnerability to communist China, Turner stated, “Well, it’s certainly concerning, and you do see a pattern of really uncoordinated policy by the Biden administration in responding to Chinese threats.”

Turner referred to alleged payments received by the Biden family, suggesting a potential sale of influence in the Obama administration’s foreign policy.

He said, “You have these payments, payments that went to Hunter Biden and Biden family members from Ukraine, Romania, and China itself, as you pointed out, payments that had been denied before. Remember, these are not accusations. These are actual documented bank records and Treasury documents that show that these were suspicious transactions.”

The House intel chairman cited the damning allegations brought forward by House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., who highlighted “over 100 suspicious transactions that occurred involving the Biden family and these three sources.”

Turner further questioned the nature of these payments, stating, “You have to ask the question, what were they buying? What was it they expected they were buying? They certainly weren’t buying Hunter Biden’s expertise, and that’s what James Comer’s doing in his investigation, getting to the bottom of that.”

Regarding the need for a strong response to threats posed by China, Turner concluded, “It’s time for the United States to stand up, clean up the past, and make certain that we respond to these threats, make certain we respond to their efforts to penetrate us for espionage, the hacking aspects are responded to. And certainly, they’re held accountable for the things they’re doing with Russia right now in violation of sanctions for the Ukraine offensive.”

UPDATE: DOJ Blinks, Will Allow Devon Archer to Testify on Hunter Allegations

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UPDATE: DOJ Blinks, Will Allow Devon Archer to Testify on Hunter Allegations

UPDATE: After threatening to arrest Devon Archer before he was scheduled to testify Monday about his dealings as Hunter Biden’s former business partner, the Justice Department has agreed to let Archer appear before Congress.

In a letter to District Judge Ronnie Abrams, the DOJ wrote that “for the avoidance of all doubt, the Government requests that any surrender date, should the Court order one, be scheduled to occur after the defendant’s Congressional
testimony is completed.”

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(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., made serious allegations against the DOJ, accusing them of attempting to obstruct justice in the investigation into the Biden family’s financial dealings by ordering the arrest of a key witness scheduled to testify on Monday.

In an interview with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo, Comer voiced his concerns about the timing and motivations behind a letter from the DOJ, which he called an attempt to silence Devon Archer, a former close business partner of embattled First Son Hunter Biden. Archer is expected to serve a one-year sentence over a fraud conviction.

“It’s odd that it was issued on a Saturday and it’s odd that it’s right before he’s scheduled to come in to have an opportunity to speak in front of the House Oversight Committee and tell the American people the truth about what really went on with Burisma,” Comer said. “I don’t know if this is a coincidence, Maria, or if this is another example of the weaponization of the Department of Justice.”

Comer’s comments came after Miranda Devine, a New York Post columnist and author, took to Twitter to announce that the DOJ sought to jail Archer ahead of his Monday hearing before the Oversight Committee.

Specifically, Devine said, “US attorney in the SDNY Damian Williams issued a menacing letter yesterday – Saturday – telling Judge Abrams to order Archer to go to jail immediately to serve a one year sentence for his fraud conviction.”

Reacting to the DOJ letter, Comer expressed worries that the Biden legal team was resorting to intimidating witnesses and discouraging cooperation with the investigation.

He alleged, “The lengths to which the Biden legal team has gone to try to intimidate our witnesses, to coordinate with the Department of Justice, and to certainly coordinate with the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee to encourage people not to cooperate with our investigation… is very troubling.”

Comer accused the DOJ and Biden allies of attempting to thwart the Oversight Committee’s investigation into the bank records of the Biden family. In previous press releases, Comer accused the Biden family of receiving millions of dollars from foreign entities.

According to Comer, these actions were highly questionable and bordered on obstruction of justice. Specifically, Comer asserted, “I believe this is another violation of the law. This is obstruction of justice.” He further raised concerns about the potential politicization of the DOJ, questioning its impartiality and independence.

Watchdog Demands Investigation of Fauci Advisor’s ‘Illegal’ Emails

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Watchdog Demands Investigation of Fauci Advisor’s ‘Illegal’ Emails

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) America First Legal (AFL) issued a damning press release, demanding a federal probe into Dr. David Morens, a senior advisor to the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID).  

AFL accuses Dr. Morens of illegally using a private email address to conduct official business related to NIAID, the agency that embattled Dr. Anthony Fauci led.

In a press release, AFL blasted Dr. Morens for allegedly circumventing transparency laws and evading public scrutiny.

The press release highlighted documents released by the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, which allegedly exposed Dr. Morens’ decision to use his personal email address for official communications.  

In one email, he purportedly explained that he preferred Gmail because his NIH email was frequently subjected to FOIA requests. The AFL press release quoted Dr. Morens as saying, “tr[ies] to always communicate on Gmail because [his] NIH email is FOIA’d constantly.” 

America First Legal Counsel, Jacob Meckler, expressed the gravity of the issue and the importance of government accountability. “Federal employees serve the public, and the FOIA was designed to ensure accountability to that same public,” Meckler stated.  

He added, “Federal employees are not free to ‘opt out’ of the FOIA by destroying records and using personal email addresses. Doing so undermines the public’s faith in our institutions and makes a mockery of our system of self-government.” 

In its press release, AFL announced that the group is taking action in response to Dr. Morens use of a private email.  

The conservative group filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request directly with NIAID, seeking access to all documents Dr. Morens allegedly attempted to destroy or remove from federal custody.  

AFL emphasized that storing records in private email accounts does not shield them from FOIA disclosure.  

The press release quoted relevant federal court precedent, “An agency cannot shield its records from search or disclosure under the FOIA by the expedient of storing them in a private email account.” 

Federal Judge Blocks Law that Criminalizes Giving Minors Harmful Material

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Federal Judge Blocks Law that Criminalizes Giving Minors Harmful Material

(Headline USA) A federal judge has blocked Arkansas from enforcing its law which charges librarians and booksellers with a crime for giving children harmful material.

U.S. District Judge Timothy L. Brooks issued a preliminary injunction against the law, which also would have created a new process to challenge library materials and request that they be relocated to areas not accessible by kids.

The measure, signed by Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders earlier this year, was set to take effect Aug. 1.

The lawsuit comes as lawmakers in an increasing number of conservative states are pushing for measures making it easier to hold people liable for giving indecent material to children.

Laws restricting children’s access to indecent materials or making it easier to challenge them have been enacted in several other states, including Iowa, Indiana and Texas.

Arkansas Attorney General Tim Griffin said in an email Saturday that his office would be “reviewing the judge’s opinion and will continue to vigorously defend the law.”

The Arkansas lawsuit names the state’s 28 local prosecutors as defendants, along with Crawford County in west Arkansas.

The plaintiffs challenging Arkansas’ restrictions also include the Fayetteville and Eureka Springs Carnegie public libraries, the American Booksellers Association and the Association of American Publishers.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

Mayor Proposes Flying Homeless Out of His City

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Mayor Proposes Flying Homeless Out of His City

(Headline USA) Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson proposed to buy the homeless in his city a one-way airplane ticket out of his town, Anchorage, Alaska.

Bronson’s airfare proposal caps a turbulent few years as Anchorage, like many cities in the American West, struggles to deal with a burgeoning homeless population.

The homeless have plagued the citizens of anchorage.

Danny Parish, who has lived in the Anchorage area for 29 years says he is moving because of the homeless. He reported the homeless harassing him, throwing vodka bottles in his yard, defecating and urinating in his driveway and poisoning his dog.

The geography of Anchorage produces significant dangers to homeless people in both the winter and summer.

Frigid temperatures stalk the homeless in the winter and bears infiltrate homeless encampments in the summer.

Despite these obvious and immediate dangers, new tent cities have sprung up across Anchorage this summer: on a slope facing the city’s historic railroad depot, on a busy road near the Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson and near soup kitchens and shelters downtown.

Bronson said he prefers to spend a few hundred dollars per person for a plane ticket rather than spending about $100 daily to shelter and feed them. He said he doesn’t care where they want to go; his job is to “make sure they don’t die on Anchorage streets.”

The mayor’s proposal, while focused on warmer cities, also would fund tickets to other Alaska locations for those who want them.

Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

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