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IDF kills Hezbollah’s top commander, says he was overseeing plan for invasion of Galilee
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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Social media erupts after president throws to Jill Biden to speak at Cabinet meeting: 'All yours, kid'
It’s going to take him weeks to recover from everything they did to him to make him functional for even that much. Andnothingthqt happened there mattered, even to those involved.
[FoxNews] Social media erupted after First Lady Jill Biden presented at what may be one of President Biden’s final Cabinet meetings in the White House.

Biden convened his Cabinet on Friday for the first time since Oct. 2, 2023 – this time with the first lady joining him to speak about the White House Initiative on Women’s Health Research.

The president explained Jill Biden’s presence there, saying, "Here and across previous administrations, first ladies have attended these meetings for specific reasons. This is the first time Edith Jill has joined us, and it goes to show how important the issue is, which she is about to speak to."

He concluded by handing off to his wife, saying, "It’s all yours, kid."

Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11123 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Houston, we have a problem."
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 09/21/2024 0:08 Comments || Top||

#2  What’s it got to feel for a guy like Lloyd Austin to be a member of that puppet show?
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/21/2024 9:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Austin should have resigned after the Afghan CF occurred. That he didn't tells you all you need to know.
Posted by: Warthog || 09/21/2024 10:06 Comments || Top||

#4  What a gagh.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/21/2024 12:56 Comments || Top||

#5  What’s it got to feel for a guy like Lloyd Austin to be a member of that puppet show?

Kinda like Butch in the Pulp Fiction bar scene.

Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/21/2024 15:13 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Sen. Tillis issues ultimatum to embattled GOP candidate in crucial swing state: ‘Owes it to President Trump'
[FoxNews] Republican Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., issued an ultimatum to North Carolina's GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson following the bombshell report of his alleged porn scandal, saying that he "owes it to President Trump."

"If the reporting on Mark Robinson is a total media fabrication, he needs to take immediate legal action," Tillis said in a Friday post on X.

"If the reporting is true, he owes it to President Trump and every Republican to take accountability for his actions and put the future of NC & our party before himself," he said.
And if it isn’t true? This is the age of PhotoShop deep fakes, after all.
Tillis' statement came after Robinson made a social media video denying his involvement in the scandal and vowing to remain in the race to become the Old North State's governor.

"Let me reassure you, the things that you will see in that story, those are not the words of Mark Robinson. You know my words, you know my character, and you know that I have been completely transparent in this race and before. Folks, this race right now, our opponents are desperate to shift the focus here from the substantive issues and focus on what you are concerned with to salacious trap, tabloid trash," he said in the X video.

Fox News Digital has reached out to Robinson's campaign for comment.

In comments to CNN, Robinson said that this was "not us."

"This is not us. These are not our words. And this is not anything that is characteristic of me," Robinson said. "I’m not going to get into the minutia of how somebody manufactured this, these salacious tabloid lies."

Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2024 08:54 || Comments || Link || [11123 views] Top|| File under:


Government Corruption
Second attempt to shoot Trump: USSS inside job?
[X]


Posted by: 3dc || 09/21/2024 02:49 || Comments || Link || [11123 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Unnounced poly's and phone monitoring. Change up the security detailing of personnel. Flush the SOB out or disprove the mole theory.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/21/2024 6:38 Comments || Top||

#2  The US electorate will be the last to know.
Posted by: Elmaper+McGurque1612 || 09/21/2024 7:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Trump should call someone like Erik Prince and get private security to watch the USSS and assess if they are properly doing their job. Once the USSS know they are being watched I would guess they would actually start doing the job they are paid to do.
Posted by: Airandee || 09/21/2024 8:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Prince has said that no private security firm would take the assignment because their government partners always scape goat the contractors if anything goes wrong. We see a version of that in Pennsylvania. He recommends detailing some Delta guys to work the perimeters because they think like hunters.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/21/2024 9:59 Comments || Top||

#5  First Assassination Attempt a 'Failure' of USSS
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2024 11:23 Comments || Top||

#6  He recommends detailing some Delta guys to work the perimeters because they think like hunters

Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2024 11:33 Comments || Top||

#7  The Secret Service interim director said yesterday that the building where the first shooter was was the local police responsibility then went on to say there were no locals in the morning briefing and there was limited coordination with them. Secret Service failures and blame the locals.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 09/21/2024 11:37 Comments || Top||


#9  One could argue the fact that Trump is not dead is de facto proof is was a Secret Service job. Their reputation has not been good lately.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/21/2024 11:58 Comments || Top||

#10  You know somebodys are keeping score on who is and is not on board.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/21/2024 13:59 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Senate candidate Sheehy's book appears to contain four plagiarized portions
[Daily Montanan] When Montanans see an advertisement or hear U.S. Senate candidate and political newcomer Tim Sheehy speak, he’ll likely talk about his experiences as a businessman and pilot who launched an aerial firefighting company in Bozeman. It’s a central part of the campaign and the candidate’s identity.

The Republican who is challenging incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester has built that backstory: First he was a U.S. Navy SEAL, combat wounded, and then a businessman who even wrote a book on aerial firefighting. That book was widely seen as a prelude or introduction of Sheehy as a public figure.

The book, "Mudslingers: A True Story of Aerial Firefighting," was also subtitled, "An American Origins Story." It’s part history, part travelogue and part autobiography, published in 2023 by Permuted Press and distributed by publishing giant Simon and Schuster.

But, the book which has helped solidify his place as a candidate and authority on aerial firefighting seems to have at least four different passages that were plagiarized — sourced, but not credited in the book, according to an investigation by the Daily Montanan....

The Daily Montanan reached out to the Sheehy campaign for further explanation, but heard nothing back from it....

It is not the first time the details of Sheehy’s life before politics have come under scrutiny for their truthfulness. Sheehy’s past, including a gunshot wound that may have been sustained in Glacier National Park, claims of parachute training over Glacier, and his business dealings including his aerial firefighting company, Bridger Aerospace, have come under fire. It’s also not the first time that Sheehy has remained silent when confronted with difficult questions. Sheehy has not openly commented or explained a recording of him in which he repeated on different occasions disparaging comments about Native Americans drinking, even after being called upon by Montana’s tribal leaders to disavow, apologize or explain the comments.

Even the book itself has come under scrutiny: It promises that all of the proceeds from telling the story of aerial firefighters will go back to supporting them. However, as other media outlets have reported, including Business Insider, it appears that the proceeds of the book go back to an aerial firefighting lobbying company which Sheehy himself founded, which in turn, works on behalf of his own company, raising questions about whether the money is really being funneled right back to him....

Posted by: DooDahMan || 09/21/2024 13:43 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This is the second time you posted a Daily Montanan hit on Sheehy? Has any legit, real, ACTUAL NON-Partisan source followed up? Cause I read their page and I think it's a partisan hit sheet? Comment?
Posted by: Frank G || 09/21/2024 17:59 Comments || Top||



#4  But for Trump, the border issue could have been solved
Posted by: Frank G || 09/21/2024 18:02 Comments || Top||

#5  Non-Partisan? Pull the other one
Posted by: Frank G || 09/21/2024 18:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Meanwhile Kamala is trying to plagiarize Trumps economic points.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/21/2024 20:02 Comments || Top||


ABC Whistleblower (on debate) official complaint they filed with the SEC
[X - LauraLoomer]


… See screenshots of the submissions below: 👇🏻

As of today, The Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) has acknowledged receipt of two complaints lodged against
@Disney
, the owner of ABC News
@ABC
. The complaint, seen below, states that ABC News and their Parent company Disney colluded with the
@KamalaHarris
Presidential Campaign to influence the Presidential debate on 9-10-24 and to further influence the outcome of the 2024 Presidential Election.

@DavidMuir

@LinseyDavis


The Complaint shows documents uploaded to the official SEC complaint system and a screenshot of the uploaded file that the Whistleblower claims contains evidence of this collusion.

Below are the documents that were exclusively provided to me today.

🚨Submission Number: 17268-694-586-914 was submitted successfully on Friday, September 20, 2024 at 08:55:41 AM EDT

🚨Submission Number: 17268-178-298-389 was submitted successfully on Friday, September 20, 2024 at 10:16:25 AM EDT

The Whistleblower complaint that was submitted to the SEC today reads:

“I have heard and observed conversations and have evidence in hand of ABC News, a wholly owned subsidiary of Disney Media Networks, which is a division of The Walt Disney Company, collusion between ABC news and the Kamala Harris campaign for the Presidency of the United States. It is my belief from the context of the conversations, that ABC news in the debate held on September 10, 2024, and at other various times before and after this debate to influence the Presidential election. I would like to emphatically state, that I am not a Donald Trump supporter and have never voted for Donald Trump. The context of the conversations heard and among other observations is that ABC News is working with the Kamala Harris campaign, and that Disney may exact monetary or other future considerations if they aid in the election of Kamala Harris. I have sat idly by for years and watched the media on both sides of the political spectrum become nothing more than campaign ads for politicians. It is clear that there are multiple considerations being exchanged in this current Presidential campaign. I have enclosed further evidence for your consideration. Please note, this evidence contains personal information of mine and I wish for it to remain undisclosed for safety considerations for my family.”

🚨This was the brief statement on the complaint which was partially cut off in submission photo🚨

Here are the screenshots of the Whistleblower’s official complaint to the SEC today regarding their alleged claims of having evidence that
@ABC
News gave
@KamalaHarris
’s campaign the questions for the Presidential debate against Donald Trump ahead of the debate.

ABC News and Disney must issue a statement immediately.

Cc:
@TeamTrump
Posted by: 3dc || 09/21/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11124 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  I think we will not see a statement by ABC. If backed into a corner skillfully, the defense that it was not illegal might be squeezed out of them. If Harris wins the election, someone will document what happened in a celebratory tell all book. That said I don’t think Harris will win and I don’t think we will see another presidential debate moderated by a news organization with an editorial bias.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/21/2024 9:54 Comments || Top||


Georgia Election Board Approves Rule Requiring Hand Count of Ballots; AZ Supreme Court rules 98,000 unconfirmed citizens can vote in November
[Epoch Times] The Georgia Election Board has approved a new rule requiring election workers to hand count ballots in the November election and confirm that the numbers match machine counts before the vote can be certified.

The rule, which was first proposed in August, passed in a 3—2 vote on the morning of Sept. 20, making Georgia the only state in the union to adopt such a requirement as part of its standard vote-counting.

Advocates have framed the proposed rules as common-sense measures to bolster election security. Supporters of the hand-count rule, specifically, have argued it would help increase public trust in the voting process.

Critics, such as the Georgia Association of Voter Registration and Election Officials (GAVREO), say the proposed rules are, on the whole, impractical, poorly written, and inefficient in achieving their intended goals.

"We respectfully ask that these proposed rules, and any other petitions for rulemaking, be tabled until 2025," the group wrote in a Sept. 17 letter to the election board.

Courtesy of Skidmark:
Arizona Supreme Court rules 98,000 people whose citizenship is unconfirmed can vote in pivotal election

[FoxNews] Nearly 98,000 people whose U.S. citizenship has not been confirmed will be allowed to vote in the upcoming state and local elections, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The ruling came after a "coding oversight" in state software prompted the swing state's Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes to insist that he would send out ballots to those affected anyway.

The database error called into question the citizenship status of 100,000 registered Arizona voters, affecting individuals who obtained their driver’s licenses before October 1996, and subsequently received duplicates before registering to vote after 2004.

Fontes and Stephen Richer, the Republican Maricopa County recorder, disagreed on what status the voters should hold following the "coding oversight."

"This was discovered not because somebody was voting illegally and not because somebody was attempting to vote illegally, as far as we can tell," Fontes said at a Tuesday afternoon news conference. "And this was basic voter roll maintenance, and it showed us that there is this issue."

Richer filed a special action Tuesday asking the state Supreme Court to settle the question.

"It is my position that these registrants have not satisfied Arizona’s documented proof of citizenship law, and therefore can only vote a ‘FED ONLY’ ballot," Richer wrote on X.

Arizona's proof of citizenship law uniquely requires voters to prove their citizenship to participate in local and state races.
Posted by: Bobby || 09/21/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Every time I find an encouraging story (Georgia) somebody has to pee in my charcoal!

I know, it's not your fault, Skid.... But it is discouraging.
Posted by: Bobby || 09/21/2024 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  It’s a process, Bobby. At least it’ll be significantly harder for them to cheat than it was last time.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/21/2024 0:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Folks are really going to be shocked when they discover they'll have to sell their house and liquidate their 401K plans to pay for Harris' "unrealized capital gains."

Only a slight change in the rules. These SOB's have been eyeing our 401k savings accounts for decades.

I don't think people realize what we're in for.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/21/2024 4:59 Comments || Top||

#4  Well, B, Hillary Clinton told us the Dems were planning this back in 2016. Anyone who doesn't understand the implications is either not paying attention or in on the fix.
Posted by: no mo uro || 09/21/2024 7:37 Comments || Top||

#5  These SOBs already have a firm grasp on private assets in banks, S&Ls, companies that run money market founds. All such can be seized by the gubmint with no notice. If/when the internet goes down, account holders will generally have no way to assess their funds. Cash buried in the ground is (so far) the safest way to safeguard your savings, and even that has vulnerabilities.
Posted by: Elmaper+McGurque1612 || 09/21/2024 7:51 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ If you've got $250. In a bank account somewhere; you can bet your arse Uncle Sam is monitoring it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/21/2024 8:22 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ If you've got $250. In a bank account somewhere

Buy some tax deductible fertilizer, for your garden. It's multi-purpose.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2024 8:53 Comments || Top||

#8  It would be fun to take advantage of this ‘everyone votes’ leftist attitude. In DC there are currently less than one million registered voters. Import 500,000 foreigners that vote in their preferred candidate for Mayor instead of the democrat primary winner. It would great to see ‘Sum Ting Wong’ from mainland China as the next Mayor of DC
Posted by: Airandee || 09/21/2024 9:01 Comments || Top||

#9  This eliminates the failure mode of Ruby recycling the same ballot to meet the desired vote count before the water leak story falls apart. They have to have the correct number of fake ballots. That will be harder than you think. We are not talking about an Ocean’s 11 caliber crew by what I saw.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/21/2024 10:05 Comments || Top||

#10  Every time I find an encouraging story...

Balanced reporting here at Rantburg.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2024 11:02 Comments || Top||

#11  Import 500,000 foreigners that vote...

Iowa Attorney General to Prosecute Noncitizen Charged with Voter Fraud
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2024 11:04 Comments || Top||

#12 

The 36-Star Flag was the official United States flag from July 4th,1865, to July 4th, 1867, following the admission of Nevada into the Union on October 31st, 1864.
If you discount Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Illinois, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland, this is what it looks like!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/21/2024 21:03 Comments || Top||



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  IDF kills Hezbollah’s top commander, says he was overseeing plan for invasion of Galilee
Fri 2024-09-20
  Israel launches over 70 airstrikes against Hezbollah
Thu 2024-09-19
  Israel deploys elite 98th Division to Lebanon border
Wed 2024-09-18
  Israel has blown up thousands of personal radios which were used by Hezbollah members in Lebanon
Tue 2024-09-17
  Hezbollah members were wounded in Beirut after their communication pagers exploded on Tuesday.
Mon 2024-09-16
  Alexander Vindman’s wife: No ears were harmed, others tried to debunk
Sun 2024-09-15
  Second Trump murder attempt in two months
Sat 2024-09-14
  16 Afghan troops killed as forces repulse cross-border attack
Fri 2024-09-13
  IDF declares Hamas’s Rafah Brigade defeated
Thu 2024-09-12
  Hamas says ready to implement ceasefire without new conditions
Wed 2024-09-11
  On this day in history, September 11, 2001, US experiences the worst terrorist attack in American history
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  ICE's Baltimore office announces the arrest of their 153rd illegal alien sex offender of this fiscal year
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  Indonesia Thwarts Alleged Islamic Terror Plot Against Pope Francis
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  Turkey's Erdogan calls for Islamic alliance against Israel
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  Pakistani charged with plotting ‘slaughter’ at NY Jewish center on anniversary of Oct. 7 Hamas attack


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