Chinese Ambassador Claims CCP is Not Contributing to Fentanyl Problem

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Chinese Ambassador Claims CCP is Not Contributing to Fentanyl Problem

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) Nicholas Burns, the U.S. ambassador to China, released a statement claiming that China was “not contributing” to the rising rates of fentanyl entering the United States, despite strong evidence to the contrary.

According to the Daily Caller, the State Department called out the Chinese Communist Party for acting as a supplier of chemicals and mass-manufacturing equipment for Mexican drug cartels.

Burns’s statement deflected the blame from the CCP to  private entities more directly involved in pushing the drug epidemic.

“Can we work on the fentanyl problem?” Burns asked while listing some of the most critical aspects of the U.S.–China relationship.

“The government here in Beijing is not contributing to that problem,” he continued. “But black-market Chinese firms are, and they’re shipping illicit precursor chemicals to the drug cartels in Mexico and Central America that make the fentanyl that poisons and often kills Americans,” he added.

More than 70,000 Americans died in fentanyl-related incidents in 2021, skyrocketing from 57,000 in 2020.

Instead of addressing the more controllable and immediate border crisis, the Biden administration called on the CCP to control the exportation of the deadly chemicals used to create fentanyl. The State Department indicated that China showed little interest in cracking down on the market.

Vedant Patel, the State Department’s principal deputy spokesman, said that despite China’s seeming unwillingness to cooperate, they will continue to make attempts to work with them on the issue.

Meanwhile, the so-called progressive members of the Democrats’ radical left fringe have embraced the country’s cottage opiod industry.

The state of Washington decriminalized possession of the drug, along with meth and heroin, downgrading possession from a felony to a misdemeanor.

Fentanyl is often mixed with other drugs, such as xylazine—a drug commonly used to tranquilize animals by veterinarians.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that more than 107,000 people died from overdoses in 2022. Death by drug overdose is an increasing issue in the U.S.; before 2020, rates never topped 100,000.

Fentanyl and other opioids caused the majority of the deaths, according to the study.

Number of Illegals Ready to Rush Border on May 11 Equal to Boston’s Population

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Number of Illegals Ready to Rush Border on May 11 Equal to Boston’s Population

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) Huge hordes of soon-to-be illegal immigrants are waiting at America’s southern border to enter on May 11, when President Joe Biden has declared that the Trump-era Title 42 will expire.

Former President Donald Trump invoked Title 42 during the Coronavirus pandemic as a means to slow the spread of the disease, allowing millions of illegal immigrants to be returned to Mexico.

Jonathan Lines of the Yuma County Board of Supervisors said that Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has told him to prepare for 700,000 immigrants to enter the country later this month, Breitbart reported.

“Border Patrol shared with us their intelligence that there are approximately 700,000, as of three weeks ago, in the shelters in Mexico waiting to come into the United States,” Lines said.

“They also shared with us that at the Darian Gap which is at the Panama Canal, they’ve seen a 500% surge in people crossing over that gap on their way up to the United States.”

He also called the upcoming flooding of the borders a “mass migration event.”

Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot said that he would stop illegal immigration if he could, but that he and his men would be charged with kidnapping if they tried to apprehend illegal immigrants.

“[If we could arrest], I would fill the jail in a day with the amount of individuals that we encounter trespassing,” Wilmot said.

He also noted that globalists are working in tandem with Mexican cartels to manipulate American immigration policy.

“International labor organizations and the cartels are facilitating this trade,” Lines noted. “They’re making a significant amount of money — 27 million were forced into labor over the last two years [and] 6.3 million [forced] into sexual exploitation.”

Meanwhile, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is working overtime with USAID Administrator Samantha Power to bring even more immigrants to the United States.

Partnering together, the two aim to “create economic and social opportunities and strengthen development options for the people of northern Central America and other countries in the Americas,” according to USAID spokeswoman Jessica Jennings.

Noem Mandates Double-Cheeseburgers as Scientists Warn of Vegan ‘Zealotry’

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Noem Mandates Double-Cheeseburgers as Scientists Warn of Vegan ‘Zealotry’

(Jacob Bruns, Headline USA) South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has designated the moth of May as “Beef Month,” as religious vegan zealots try to force their lifestyle onto the rest of the country.

Noem made the announcement in a recent video.

“We just signed a proclamation declaring that in the state of South Dakota, May is going to be beef month. We’re going to focus on promoting the agriculture industry,” particularly those who raise cows, Noem said.

Noem’s “Beef month” comes amidst the release of a new study detailing the problems of veganism.

Thousands of scientists worldwide signed onto the “Dublin Declaration,” claiming that meat is too essential a part of the human diet to fall prey to vegan and climate change hysteria.

“Livestock-derived foods provide a variety of essential nutrients and other health-promoting compounds, many of which are lacking in diets even among those populations with higher incomes,” the declaration stated.

The scientists also noted that, while veganism may be a suitable diet for wealthy elites, the average person cannot afford the trendy lifestyle choice.

“Well-resourced individuals may be able to achieve adequate diets while heavily restricting meat, dairy and eggs. However, this approach should not be recommended for general populations,” they advised.

According to Dr. Alice Stanton, of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the conclusion that the “consumption of even tiny amounts of red meat harms health” is “fatally scientifically flawed.”

Excising meat from one’s diet, she argued, would be particularly harmful to those who are in greater need of nutrients.

“In fact, removing fresh meat and dairy from diets would harm human health. Women, children, the elderly and low income would be particularly negatively impacted,” Stanton, one of the review’s authors, added.

In the spirit of the new declaration, Noem joked that she would require every South Dakota citizen to eat a double cheeseburger each day for a month.

“It is mandatory that in the state of South Dakota everybody has to eat a double cheeseburger every day for the month of May,” she said.

Ex-Border Czar Kamala to Oversee Potentially Apocalyptic Artificial Intelligence Safety

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Ex-Border Czar Kamala to Oversee Potentially Apocalyptic Artificial Intelligence Safety

(Molly Bruns, Headline USA) The Biden administration prepared a plan to launch protections against artificial intelligence, and placed Vice President Kamala Harris in charge as the technology quickly grows.

Harris met with several leading officials at Google, Microsoft and other AI companies on Thursday. According to ABC News, President Joe Biden stepped into the meeting briefly to make a statement.

“What you’re doing has enormous potential and enormous danger,” Biden told the CEOs, according to a video posted to his Twitter account.

Elon Musk, billionaire and Twitter CEO, is among those who has cautioned that AI could have devastating effects if left unchecked.

Amid recent warnings from AI experts -that the developing technology could be exploited by tyrannical dictators to push disinformation, the Biden administration has shelled out $140 million in funding for seven brand-new artificial intelligence research groups.

“We’re at a moment that in the next couple of months will really determine whether or not we lead on this or cede leadership to other parts of the world, as we have in other tech regulatory spaces like privacy or regulating large online platforms,” said Adam Conner of the far-left Center for American Progress.

Harris does not have a great track record of completing the projects bequeathed to her.

In the first few months of his presidency, Biden tasked the vice president with the care and keeping of America’s southern border. After several years of record-breaking illegal immigration, Border Patrol officers are bracing themselves for a massive surge of migrants when the pandemic-era Title 42 protections are lifted next week.

The porous border has also allowed drug cartels to send an increased amount of fentanyl, a deadly chemical opioid, into the United States. Currently, there is enough of the potent drug in the country to kill every single American citizen.

Immediately prior to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Harris also went to Europe at Biden’s behest, in a grand attempt to keep the world from a devastating nuclear war. Her efforts were fruitless.

Instead of working, Harris has continued to toss word salads and wax on about Venn diagrams.

In a recent appearance, she purchased some records and blatantly ignored a shouted question about the debt ceiling—a hotly contested topic among many legislators currently.

Some Twitter users considered the possible benefits of Harris becoming more familiar with artificial intelligence, with some suggesting that perhaps it could improve her speeches.

Fired-up Cruz Questions Biden’s ‘Mental Faculties’, Demands Impeachment

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Fired-up Cruz Questions Biden’s ‘Mental Faculties’, Demands Impeachment

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is torching President Joe Biden’s unwillingness to negotiate over increasing the debt ceiling and called on the U.S. Congress to impeach the Democrat president if he is implicated in Hunter Biden’s shady foreign business schemes.

In an interview with Fox News’s Hannity, Cruz responded to host Sean Hannity’s suggestion that Biden could be impeached over a scathing report that claims Biden, then as vice president, is tied to a criminal scheme.

“It doesn’t have to be a high crime or misdemeanor because the Constitution specifies that impeachment lies for treason, bribery, other high crimes or misdemeanors,” Cruz told Hannity. “Bribery is explicitly noted in the Constitution. And I’ve got to say, the evidence, not only against Hunter Biden, but the evidence against Joe Biden being complicit and profiting from this corruption is growing and growing and growing.” 

Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Rep. James Comer R-Ky., called on the FBI to produce an unclassified record of an alleged criminal bribery scheme that involved Biden, then Obama’s vice president, and a foreign national

“The American people need to know if President Biden sold out the United States of America to make money for himself,” Comer said in the letter to the FBI. “Senator Grassley and I will seek the truth to ensure accountability for the American people.”

While the lawmakers did not provide further details on the alleged scheme, they asserted that they obtained the information from a “highly credible whistleblower” who contacted them.

Biden, who is currently on a standoff with Republicans about the debt ceiling, has denied any wrongdoing.

Cruz, alongside several Republican lawmakers, held a press conference Thursday to call out the Democrat Party’s refusal to negotiate the debt ceiling. 

“Then-Vice President Joe Biden came and negotiated a deal, a deal called the Budget Control Act, that was designed to cut $2.3 trillion dollar in spending,” Cruz said. “It was the most significant federal spending reform in modern times. That happened because Barack Obama blinked and Biden, Vice President Biden, sat down with House Republicans and reached a meaningful compromised.” 

The Republican lawmaker also pointed out Biden’s flip-flop on the debt ceiling.  

“President Joe Biden needs to do the same thing and I will say, sadly, the reason he hasn’t so far — I believed — is because his mental faculties are too diminished right now to do what he did in 2011 and sit down and actually work together on a solution to the problems,” he continued. 

Biden, who is expected to meet congressional leaders on May 9, insisted that will not consider lowering the nation’s debt by cutting his administration’s reckless spending.  

The federal government, according to the Treasury, is expected to run out of cash to pay its bill on June 1. Economists warn that if the federal government fails to increase the debt ceiling financial chaos could ensue.  

Ethics-Challenged, Soros-Funded Prosecutor Kim Gardner Resigns

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Ethics-Challenged, Soros-Funded Prosecutor Kim Gardner Resigns

(Mark Pellin, Headline USA) Under fire on multiple fronts and facing an investigation of criminal contempt for failing to do her job, St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner resigned from office, and immediately played the race card.

The Thursday announcement marked an abrupt change from Gardner’s defiant declaration earlier this week when she swore, ““I ain’t leaving. I ain’t resigning. I ain’t doing nothing. You gonna have to remove me.”

Gardner, one of many far-leftist prosecutors bankrolled by billionaire globalist George Soros, was already in jeopardy of being removed from office, with the state’s attorney general, Republican Andrew Bailey, having launched proceedings to oust her for negligence in prosecuting and enforcing existing laws.

“Instead of protecting victims, Circuit Attorney Gardner is creating them,” Bailey said in a statement at the time. “My office will do everything in its power to restore order, and eliminate the chaos in St. Louis caused by Kim Gardner’s neglect of her office.”

Last month, a St. Louis judge sanctioned Gardner’s office for withholding evidence in a double homicide case and allowing the suspect out on bond.

Gardner’s troubles escalated earlier this week, when a judge ruled that Bailey was entitled to documents and depositions in the pending case. Bailey was pursuing records that showed Gardner was taking nursing classes at St. Louis University.

“Obtaining a nursing degree is not one of her official duties. Prosecuting criminals is. Yet she has consistently failed to charge new cases, confer with victims and move the cases she does charge to disposition,” Bailey said.

Gardner’s office had seen a staggeringly high exodus of staff, citing a toxic work environment, and last month a judge ripped her with contempt of court charges for her failure to show up in court for the trial of a man charged in a fatal shooting. In his ruling, the judge said that Gardner’s office “appears to be a rudderless ship of chaos.”

Accusing Gardner of having “complete indifference and a conscious disregard for the judicial process,” the judge ruled there was “sufficient evidence of disdain and disrespect for the judicial process” in Gardner’s conduct to “support a finding of indirect criminal contempt.”

Gardner on Thursday declared that she was being forced out of office because of racism.

“Unfortunately, since the time I took office, as the first Black, female prosecutor in the State, people outside of the city have targeted me and, to advance their goals, have also targeted the fundamental rights of the city’s voters,” she claimed her resignation letter.

“It is with a heavy heart but steadfast resolve that I am resigning my position as your Circuit Attorney, effective June 1,” she wrote.

Bailey, the state’s AG, wasn’t buying it, and demanded her immediate removal from office.

“There is absolutely no reason for the Circuit Attorney to remain in office until June 1,” Bailey said. “We remain undeterred with our legal quest to forcibly remove her from office. Every day she remains puts the City of St. Louis in more danger. How many victims will there be between now and June 1? How many defendants will have their constitutional rights violated? How many cases will continue to go unprosecuted?”

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson, a Republican, acknowledged that he’d received Gardner’s letter and will appoint a replacement who “can help restore faith in the city’s criminal justice system.”

NYC Capitulates to Crime, Hopes to Solve Rampant Car Thefts by Handing Out Free Apple AirTags

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NYC Capitulates to Crime, Hopes to Solve Rampant Car Thefts by Handing Out Free Apple AirTags

(Luis Cornelio, Headline USA) New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, announced that his office will hand out free Apple AirTag trackers to residents in an effort to drive down rampant car thefts. 

The new policy will be implemented as a partnership between the Mayor’s Office, the New York City Police Department and the non-profit Association for a Better New York. The AirTags, said Adams, is a way to empower New Yorkers to fight growing crime. 

“This simple device, this simple AirTag, hidden in a car at a location that a person is not aware of is an excellent tracking device,” he said. “It’s easy to monitor. The New York City Police Department is going to be putting out a video to explain the use of it. It’s very simple. The charging life lasts a long time and you can see in real time where that vehicle is located.” 

The mayor said the NYPD’s 43rd Precinct will give out 500 tracking devices before announcing the release of an instructional video on how to use the AirTags. It is unclear how or who of the nearly 8.5 million New York residents will receive the AirTags. 

“The 21st century calls for 21st century policing,” the NYPD Chief of Department captioned in a Twitter video. “AirTags in your car will help us recover your vehicle if it’s stolen. We’ll use our drones, our StarChase technology & good old fashion police work to safely recover your stolen car.  Help us help you, get an AirTag.” 

The announcement comes amid a skyrocketing increase in carjackings and thefts in recent months. As of April 23, New York City saw 4,492 car thefts in 2023 alone, a 13% increase when compared to the same period last year. The Bronx, where Adams held the press conference, has seen over 200 car thefts, the New York Post reported April 30. 

The Apple devices recently came under scrutiny after stalkers weaponized its easy use to track victims.  

New York Attorney General Letitia James, also a Democrat, issued a consumer alert in February 2022, warning New Yorkers of potential bad actors using Apple AirTags to track potential victims.  

“Across the country, Apple AirTags are being misused to track people and their belongings to cause harm,” James said. “Tracking people without their awareness or consent is a serious felony and will not be tolerated by my office.” 

A family in Oregon alleged that their new BMW vehicle was stolen with the help of the AirTag. The family said that after they purchased the vehicle, their iPhones notified them that an AirTag tracking device was traveling with them. Days later, their vehicle was stolen.

Left’s Bogus SCOTUS Attack Brings Focus on Legit Sotomayor Scandal

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Left’s Bogus SCOTUS Attack Brings Focus on Legit Sotomayor Scandal

(Abdul–Rahman Oladimeji Bello, Headline USA) As Democrats attempt to spur controversy relating to conservative judges by filing numerous ethics complaints, tables turned as the focus shifted to scandals involving Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. 

The far-leftist justice has recently been in the news for numerous improper disclosures relating to funded trips, purchases and connections that could potentially influence the bench. 

Adding to the scandal, a recent Daily Wire report brought several copyright infringement cases Sotomayor failed to liberate herself from to light. 

The cases involved books published by Penguin Random House, which has already paid her millions for her books. Records proved that this is her largest source of income by a stretch. 

The report noted that she got a $1.2 million book advance from Knopf Doubleday Group, a part of the conglomerate, in 2010. Two years later, she confirmed that she received two advance payments from the publisher totaling $1.9 million.

In 2013, Sotomayor voted in a court decision to hear a case against Aaron Greenspan v. Random House, despite her then-colleague Justice Stephen Breyer withdrawing after also receiving money from the publisher. 

Sotomayor received annual payments from Penguin Random House from 2017 through at least 2021, totaling $3.6 million, according to reports.

In 2019, children’s book writer Jennie Nicasso implored the Supreme Court to hear her case against Penguin Random House on claims that the publisher sold an identical book to hers. Surprisingly, Sotomayor received a $10,586 check from the publisher the day the writer distributed her petition to the justices. 

The Court’s decision favored the publisher as the justices voted not to hear the case. Coincidentally, Sotomayor got her biggest check of $82,807 from the parent company only a few months after the court’s decision.

Reports noted that similar situations also occurred with authors Nicassio and Viacom, who both sued the publisher for copyright infringement. 

These discoveries come as a coordinated attack has been launched against conservative justices by several far-left outlets, echoing the same misinformation about the court’s conservative justices’ alleged financial misconducts.

Planned Parenthood LGBT Youth Club Promotes ‘National Masturbation Month’

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Planned Parenthood LGBT Youth Club Promotes ‘National Masturbation Month’

(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A Planned Parenthood LGBTQ youth group that is funded by taxpayers promoted May as “National Masturbation Month.”

According to the organization’s website, the Rainbow Room in Bucks County, Penn., is a program for LGBTQ youth ages 14-21 that tells them about “age-appropriate sexuality education” and connects them with other sexually deviant young people. On Tuesday, people who work in the program went as far as promoting “National Masturbation Month” to “sex-positive people” on their social media accounts.

 

“The month was named in honor of Dr. Joycelyn Elders, the first Black U.S. surgeon general,” the social media post said. “Throughout her career, Joycelyn has advocated for expanding sex education in U.S. public schools, and to cover self-pleasure in their curriculum.”

The Daily Caller reported that in 1994, Joycelyn Elders was fired from her position as U.S. surgeon general after she suggested to an AIDS forum that masturbation “perhaps should be taught” in schools.

The social media post also stated that masturbation is “safe and normal” because it “reduces stress,” “helps you understand your body and your sexual preferences,” “releases tension” and “can improve period cramps.” The group also encouraged its social media followers to “tell a friend” about Elders and her “work.”

Additionally, according to a lawmaker’s press release, the state of Pennsylvania gave a grant of $630,000 to the group in October 2022 to expand itself within Doylestown, Penn.

“The Rainbow Room has been an important part of the Bucks County LGBTQ+ community for 20 years, and this investment will ensure the future of The Rainbow Room is robust and bright,” Sen. Steve Santarsiero, D-Penn., said.

“I have seen first-hand the immense benefit The Rainbow Room offers LBGTQ+ youth and their families in Bucks County. At a time in their lives with so much pressure and scrutiny, The Rainbow Room provides a safe and nurturing space for these young people to find community, education and empowerment.”

McDonald’s Caught Employing 10-Year-Olds

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McDonald’s Caught Employing 10-Year-Olds

(Ezekiel Loseke, Headline USA) Two ten-year-olds were discovered working at a McDonald’s in Kentucky and the corporation was fined accordingly, according to the Department of Labor.

The DoL announced the discovery in a press release on Tuesday.

The DoL reported that it had been investigating three McDonald’s franchisees: Bauer Food LLC, Archways Richwood LLC and Bell Restaraunt Group LLC. These companies own 62 McDonald’s restaurants in Kentucky, Indiana, Maryland and Ohio.

The DoL found 305 children illegally employed in these franchises, including two 10-year-olds employed by Bauer Food LLC, according to Axios.

The ten-year-olds made food orders, cleaned, worked the drive through window and ran a cash register. One of them operated the deep fryer, which is illegal for people under the age of 16.

The two ten-year-olds were sometimes found working until 2:00 in the morning, according to The Post Millennial.

The companies face a total of $212,544 fines for violations of labor laws.

“[The ten-year-olds] were not approved by franchisee organization management to be in that part of the restaurant,” Bauer Foods said in a statement denying any wrongdoing. “Any ‘work’ was done at the direction of – and in the presence of – the parent without authorization by franchisee organization management or leadership.”

McDonald’s senior vice president and ‘chief people officer,’ Tiffanie Boyd, also released a statement.

“These reports are unacceptable, deeply troubling and run afoul of the high expectations we have for the entire McDonald’s brand,” she said, obviously in damage control mode. “We are committed to ensuring our franchisees have the resources they need to foster safe workplaces for all employees and maintain compliance with all labor laws.”

Karen Garnett-Civils, the Wage and Hour Division District Director of Louisville, Kentucky, released a statement, according to Breitbart News.

“Under no circumstances should there ever be a 10-year-old child working in a fast-food kitchen around hot grills, ovens and deep fryers,” she said.

The investigation was part of a larger crackdown on child labor in the Southeast region.

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